Last survivor of transatlantic slave trade remembered by grandson
Her name was Matilda McCrear, and she was the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. Crear, who lives near Selma, only found out the significance of his family tree a few years ago, ...
Rolling Out15h
Powerful slave narratives illuminate Black resistance
The power of storytelling has always been at the heart of Black resistance. Long before social media activism and viral ...
L'Observateur1d
Black-Owned Plantation exhibition tell story of 1811 slave revolt in new ways
To commemorate the 1811 German Coast slave revolt, the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history, dozens of African Americans ...
Rare Wedgwood medallion depicting slave to go under the hammer
A RARE Wedgwood Jasperware medallion is set to go under the hammer. The medallion, created by Josiah Wedgwood in 1787, is ...
Slavery, tax evasion, resistance: the story of 11 Africans in South America’s gold mines in the 1500s
Ana Angola was captured in the kingdom of Ndongo and spent months on a ship before a journey over land where she was forced ...
The Hour4d
I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions
Sex trafficking, like forced labor, is a contemporary form of slavery. I am an academic who studies the mindset of slaveholders to understand more fully their rationale for what they do, in hopes of ...
Royal Navy: West Africa Squadron slavery memorial without a Portsmouth home as campaigner blames taboo subject
A monument which has been created to honour Portsmouth sailors who saved thousands of people from slavery has been left ...